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10 resources to become a better investor

Co-opme offers you a wealth of information and advice on investments. Here's a list of 10 other credible and useful resources to help you understand how to grow your money and improve your knowledge of investments.

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). This agency oversees Quebec's financial markets and promotes the interests of consumers of financial products and services. The AMF website contains a
wealth of information for the general public.

The Be informed section provides access to simple introductory texts along with more comprehensive brochures covering many topics such
as personal and property insurance, investments, mutual funds, retirement, and deposit insurance.

The AMF offers you a series of simple, user-friendly financial calculators to make your financial forecasts.

In the Prevent fraud section, the AMF publishes a number of investor warnings about certain companies and gives valuable information on how to detect potential fraud.

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada. This federal organization was created to provide information and protection for consumers of financial products and services. The website includes a section on savings and investments that gives detailed information on the subject with themes such as:

Investing: understanding the basics

Common types of investments

Working with a financial planner or advisor

Investment fees and costs

Investing: your rights and responsibilities

Question Retraite. This reference organization was established in 2003 upon the initiative of the Régie des rentes du Québec to educate Quebecers about the importance of
starting early to save for retirement. This site, available in French only, offers the following resources:

A series of educational articles grouped under 4 main financial planning themes in view of retirement: planning, saving, evaluating and consulting.

The Guide de la planification financière de la retraite is a fully downloadable brochure on retirement planning, published annually.

Flash RetirementQuébec. The Régie des rentes du Québec, in collaboration with a group of financial institutions (including Desjardins), has designed more than 50 information capsules
on retirement planning. The Flash RetirementQuébec capsules will
help you:

BOURSTAD. Students and the general public can participate in the annual BOURSTAD (site in French only)
competition organized by Collège de Rosemont. This is an introduction to stock exchange investments through an Internet simulator. The participant plays the role of a financial advisor managing a $100,000 portfolio.

ACTIF is a financial training and activities cooperative. It offers seminars (site in French
only) in French (evenings and weekends)

The information provided here is for demonstration purposes only, and is not a substitute for a professional advice.
Before making investment decisions, you are advice to speak with your caisse advisor ou your account manager at a Desjardins Business centre.
The information contained in this section should in no way be considered an advice or a recommendation by Desjardins Securities Inc.or Disnat.